Royal Dutch Shell plc

Shell Announces Sale of Wheatstone LNG Stake in Australia
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, January 20, 2014/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) today announced it
has agreed to sell its 8% equity interest in the Wheatstone-Iago Joint Venture
and 6.4% interest in the 8.9 million tonnes per annum Wheatstone liquefied
natural gas (LNG) project in Western Australia for a cash consideration of
US$1,135 million to the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC),
subject to closing.
Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden commented: "Shell will remain a
major player in Australia's energy industry. However, we are refocusing our
investment to where we can add the most value with Shell's capital and
technology. We are making hard choices in our world-wide portfolio to improve
Shell's capital efficiency."
The agreement with KUFPEC, an existing Wheatstone joint-venture partner, ensures
there will be no impact on existing commercial agreements.
Cautionary note
The companies in which Royal Dutch Shell plc directly and indirectly owns
investments are separate entities. In this announcement "Shell", "Shell Group"
and "Royal Dutch Shell" are sometimes used for convenience where references are
made to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general. Likewise, the
words "we", "us" and "our" are also used to refer to subsidiaries in general or
to those who work for them. These expressions are also used where no useful
purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.
"Subsidiaries", "Shell subsidiaries" and "Shell companies" as used in this
announcement refer to companies in which Shell either directly or indirectly has
control, by having either a majority of the voting rights or the right to
exercise a controlling influence. The companies in which Shell has significant
influence but not control are referred to as "associated companies" or
"associates" and companies in which Shell has joint control are referred to as
"jointly controlled entities". In this announcement, associates and jointly
controlled entities are also referred to as "equity-accounted investments". The
term "Shell interest" is used for convenience to indicate the direct and/or
indirect (for example, through our 23 per cent shareholding in Woodside
Petroleum Ltd.) ownership interest held by Shell in a venture, partnership or
company, after exclusion of all third-party interest.
This announcement contains forward looking statements concerning the financial
condition, results of operations and businesses of Shell and the Shell Group.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to
be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of
future expectations that are based on management's current expectations and
assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include,
among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Shell and
the Shell Group to market risks and statements expressing management's
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as "anticipate", "believe", "could", "estimate", "expect", "goals", "intend",
"may", "objectives", "outlook", "plan", "probably", "project", "risks", "seek",
"should", "target", "will" and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of
factors that could affect the future operations of Shell and the Shell Group and
could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward looking statements included in this announcement, including (without
limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in
demand for Shell's products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and
production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and
industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated
with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and
targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the
risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to
international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments
including regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and
financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political
risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of
contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of
projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; and (m) changes in
trading conditions. All forward looking statements contained in this
announcement are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place
undue reliance on forward looking statements. Additional factors that may affect
future results are contained in Shell's 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2012
(available at http://www.shell.com/investor and http://www.sec.gov). These
factors also should be considered by the reader. Each forward looking statement
speaks only as of the date of this announcement, 20 January 2014. Neither Shell
nor any of its subsidiaries nor the Shell Group undertake any obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward looking statement as a result of new
information, future events or other information. In light of these risks,
results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the
forward looking statements contained in this announcement.


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Date: 22 January 2014	By:	/s/M.C.M. Brandjes
	Name:	M.C.M. Brandjes
	Title:	Company Secretary

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